Shake Hands with the Devil
1959·Movie
·1h 51min·
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A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
Irish War of IndependencePolitical IntrigueMoral ConflictTragic RomanceHistorical DramaRebellionInternal Struggle1920s Dublin
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Directed by:
Michael Anderson, Angela Martelli
Written by:
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Rearden Conner
Produced by:
Michael Anderson, George Glass, Walter Seltzer
Composed by:
J.B. Smith, William Alwyn, Leonard Bulkley
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